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The Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel (German: Landgrafschaft Hessen-Kassel), spelled Hesse-Cassel during its entire existence, [a] also known as the Hessian Palatinate (German: Hessische Pfalz), [2] [3] was a state of the Holy Roman Empire. The state was created in 1567 when the Landgraviate of Hesse was divided upon the death of Philip I ...
Kassel (German pronunciation: ⓘ; in Germany, spelled Cassel until 1926 [3]) is a city on the Fulda River in northern Hesse, in central Germany. It is the administrative seat of the Regierungsbezirk Kassel and the district of the same name , and had 201,048 inhabitants in December 2020.
Grand Duchy of Hesse in 1871 Hesse in 1900, divided between several states People's State of Hesse and Hesse-Nassau in 1930 Greater Hesse in Allied-occupied Germany, 1945–1946. This article is about the history of Hesse. Hesse is a state in Germany.
Royal Standard of the Grand Duke of Hesse 1903–1918. This is a list of monarchs of Hesse (German: Hessen) during the history of Hesse on west-central Germany.These monarchs belonged to a dynasty collectively known as the House of Hesse and the House of Brabant, [1] originally the Reginar.
When Philip I died in 1567, Hesse was divided between his sons from his first marriage, which decisively enfeebled its importance. The new Hessian territories were: Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel, the Electorate of Hesse from 1803, which was eventually incorporated into the Prussian province of Hesse-Nassau in 1866) to William IV;
The Electorate of Hesse (German: Kurfürstentum Hessen), also known as Hesse-Kassel or Kurhessen, was a state whose prince was given the right to elect the Emperor by the Imperial diet in 1803. [1] When the Holy Roman Empire was abolished in 1806, its prince, William I , chose to retain the title of Elector , even though there was no longer an ...
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Kassel, Germany ... Kassel becomes seat of province Hesse-Nassau in Prussia. [7] [4] 1877 ...
Hesse-Kassel and its junior lines were annexed by Prussia in 1866. Hesse-Darmstadt became the People's State of Hesse when the monarchy was abolished in 1918. Hesse-Philippsthal died out in the male line in 1925, and Hesse-Darmstadt in 1968. The male-line heirs of Hesse-Kassel and Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld continue to exist to the present ...